Hes one of my favourite players and couldn't wait to see him as a right winger
But he's been so bad it's very peculiar
Seems to have lost all ability to beat a full back
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 31
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 1
But he's been so bad it's very peculiar
Seems to have lost all ability to beat a full back
His form has been bad I agree but it's so obvious that he's a great player just in a bad run.
Nice assist today. In seriousness though he and Mbeumo should never play in the AFON again. Have returned as shells of themselves.
Didn't Salah come back as half the player there a couple of years ago too?
last week
Amad's hype is back down to earth. He is still a good player but is he XI? Based on the last 3-4 months, he is just a sub. He no longer takes on player, his opportunity to shoot has reduced drastically. If there is a good offer, we should consider taking it and reinvest in a better winger.
He made a mistake but the effort, urgency, and talent are same as before.
I think he has been playing too much football. Needs a mental break.
Look at Mbeumo and Amad since they came back from the African Cup.... both of them are off the boil.
Look at Mbeumo and Amad since they came back from the African Cup.... both of them are off the boil.
It was the worst thing he could have done when he came on, at the worst possible time too. Basically let Liverpool back into the game so early in the half.
I'm fully in the camp of bad spell but persist with. This is nowhere near Amad's ceiling. You don't turn into a bad player overnight.
At his best, Amad has shown perfect weight of pass, very good close control and dribbling, impacting games with goals/assist, elite pressing, etc. It's been extremely poor this season but I wouldn't lose hope on him and I think he can be a starter if he gets his head right.
I think his mentality does hold him back a bit, even though he's very hard working, he comes across as a very relaxed, unassuming character (to a fault) who is over the moon to be here playing, but needs to be continuously pushed to be more lethal in games or even more selfish or risky (in attacking areas).
He doesn't demand the ball, sometimes drifts in matches and lets the game pass by him, defers to other players to make the difference, and is probably not as bothered about not being among the goals or assists as an attacker should be. It took Mowbray at Sunderland to cause a mindset shift for him, to be more selfish and look to impact games himself, and I think he needs the same attention here and we'll reap the rewards. He's still 23, and definitely worth persisting with.
At his best, Amad has shown perfect weight of pass, very good close control and dribbling, impacting games with goals/assist, elite pressing, etc. It's been extremely poor this season but I wouldn't lose hope on him and I think he can be a starter if he gets his head right.
I think his mentality does hold him back a bit, even though he's very hard working, he comes across as a very relaxed, unassuming character (to a fault) who is over the moon to be here playing, but needs to be continuously pushed to be more lethal in games or even more selfish or risky (in attacking areas).
He doesn't demand the ball, sometimes drifts in matches and lets the game pass by him, defers to other players to make the difference, and is probably not as bothered about not being among the goals or assists as an attacker should be. It took Mowbray at Sunderland to cause a mindset shift for him, to be more selfish and look to impact games himself, and I think he needs the same attention here and we'll reap the rewards. He's still 23, and definitely worth persisting with.
If we are able to get decent money for him (which is unlikely) I'd sell. Throughout his career he's looked on the verge of putting it all together and becoming a really, really good player but has never made the leap. Patchy and inconsistent and at his worst he is almost entirely ineffective. A really bad mistake yesterday too
Big performance indeed, almost cost us the game.
Its your opinion I get it but after Rashford, Garnacho, Sancho and Anthony departures do you really think United are the type of club to keep replacing players when they have a dodgy patch of form much less make a mistake in the game. He's been better than all of those above in last few seasons imo and gives 100% both ends of the pitch. I would honestly like to see you pick a player United can realistically get who wont run into bad form or be inconsistent. I guarantee you will not find one.
But it's not like this is one bad patch of form amongst several sparkling seasons. He's been pretty inconsistent since joining. Was decent last season but even then had a habit of drifting in and out of games. Are you saying we can't find a player that's more consistent than Amad?
Lets face it his United career only really started 4 years after he signed for the club that's the 24/25 season. He had injuries and loan spells before that. There are better players out there but i dont think United will be able to acquire them because we are not on the level of those clubs that have those players such as Bayern, PSG and Real Madrid.
Players like Ndiaye, Dimande, Leao, Gordon are good players United could realistically get (for a high price of course) but they are not much better or worse than Diallo and all of them have inconsistent form. You take the good with the bad that's all I'm trying to say.
Also he was decent playing as WB, he’s not really consistently performed as a winger or 10 as far as I can remember.
Good opportunity for a start and get his mood up vs Sunderland
Agreed. Beyond flashes he's not really shown he can do it consistently in those roles.
He’s still a great squad player to have, especially with more games next season, but he has to get back to taking players on and making things happen, even if he doesn’t have the space to run into like he did as WB.
I thought I posted in the Vinicius thread this is weird.
Not sure about Amad, good squad player as mentioned but he's not great in any one position
Not sure about Amad, good squad player as mentioned but he's not great in any one position
Yep, I certainly wouldn't mind us keeping them and there's clearly talent there, he just isn't anything like as productive as he should be
Agreed and we can only keep saying he has the quality for so long.
He's the only player in the squad with that ball control that can can pin a defence back into their box but if the end product is not there then its worthless. With his type of play its hard for the striker or anyone arriving in the box to know what he's about to do and this is frustrating. He rarely uses the fullback if they make a run on the outside however inside runners he will slide through passes he often did this with mbuemo earlier in the season and we had some success there. Finishing should be better for sure and passing as well. I see alot of similarites with Nani but the difference is he could cross a ball which would be very handy with Sesko's height. Its topsy turvy in that final third. You need speed but you don't want to be so fast that you loose accuracy with your your final pass or loose awarness of others on the pitch. Needs to find a balance in between.
It’s a tough call because many players don’t put it together until post 25. He’s certainly reaching the point where you just cut your losses though. I don’t see him becoming great myself, but wouldn’t be shocked if he did.
The issue with anyone criticising his last few games is that a yard one way or the other, and he has a handful of goals and everyone is singing his praises.
Amad is a very talented player, and United are lucky to have him in the group of attackers to pick from...I can't see any reason whatsoever why you would sell him.
Amad is a very talented player, and United are lucky to have him in the group of attackers to pick from...I can't see any reason whatsoever why you would sell him.
I just don’t see him pinning his full back back half enough, maybe others do, or did.
Might have done it a few times last season but if he’s not being positive and driving into the box, with his head up, then he doesn’t provide enough.
Yeah, I would start him also. Pressure is off a little with the CL spot secured and he's returning to a ground with positive memories where he'll get a good reception from their crowd. Might just give him the little boost he needs.
But then you would be just judging his game off of G/A and I don't think that's what most are doing here. Speaking for myself his G/A output is a problem but his all around game attacking wise seems to have regressed back to horrible touches, bad passes and a inability to take on a full back. Still really good OOP and I do believe he'll turn it around but it's not just about the G/A. Same applies to Mbeumo.
Bench him, poor performances should not be rewarded. He needs to be hungry.
I doubt he will start another game this season but then Mbuemo has also been poor
Yes, Brian was a bit better Sunday. Still a ways off his pre-Afcon level.
Especially his crossing was woeful
Christ... players are allowed to go off the boil especially in a season where there has been a change of managers and not getting a break with the mid-season AFCON.
He's a class YOUNG player. 23 y.o. I think he is just mentally and physically exhausted.
He will be back.
He's a class YOUNG player. 23 y.o. I think he is just mentally and physically exhausted.
He will be back.
He is 24.
Older than Cherki for example.
Older than Cherki for example.
This is what I have issue with. We infantilise players here to much because we’re so wedded to the idea of it representing a club tradition. Completely misguided in my view. He should be contributing a lot more and playing a lot better. I’m sick of this era where legitimate criticism of players is offset by pretending mid-20s is the new 18 and quoting historical stats.
Very similar to Antony. And not in a good way. Will be great in Italy or Spain.
Couple of issues here..
1. He’s been poor the majority of the season.
2. 23 isn’t young.
3. AFCON is a strange one with the travel and disruption mid season but apart from that he probably played the same amount of minutes compared to if he didn’t go.
He’s struggling and I agree he’s probably mentally tired but he does need to improve or he’ll be a bench option at best.
If we’re serious about challenging in the next couple of years we can’t molly coddle anyone.
I'm not sure what the angst on this thread is all about. He's out of form, yes, undeniably. Moreso than I think he ever has been since his Sunderland loan. So we bench him until he can earn his way back into the side. What's the problem? Surely no-one is arguing that we should be looking to sell him?
Just realised that broke his assist drought.